your voice your choice

Had a fun meeting this afternoon with the editorial team behind the community newsletter 'Your voice, Your choice'. I think I may have talked the group into submission though, as I have a tendency to ramble on in a similar fashion to henry's cat ("he knows everything about nothing and not so much about that").

Watch out lee evans

PCSurgery in DOVE has been a hoot this morning! I think there is scope for a residency at jongleurs with this lot!

brrrrrrrrrrrr!

Its approachng what feels like sub-zero temperatures here in the office, if only I could lay my hands on a thermometer I'm sure it'd be hometime.

If the internal environment isn't suitably tempered soon I may be forced to resort to some of these protest acts!

wedi blino

busy, busy, busy! Had an interesting day, not too sure about the new cafe staff after seeing the hatchet job one of them did on an unsuspecting baguette...Started a new digital story project with 2 community members this evening and I think we're going to end up with some interesting takes on life!

ok, heres how it went

Today consisted of the following:

4:00am - wake up
4:30am - begin drive to the big smoke (as in London, not some drugs party...)
8:00am - stop for a cup of char in the services at the end (or start) of the m4, half a sandwich and a broken thermos lid later its time to press on. (Why does that service station block access back onto the m4 at night? weird eh? answers on a postcard)
10:30 am - travelled approximately 203 miles in 3.5 hours up to 8am, then 16 miles in 2.5 hours across London, my patience is officially tried...
11:00am - pass St.Pauls cathedral, mental note 'its big', turn car around and begin journey home.
12:00pm - stop for caffeine fix at services, creepy cleaner in gents toilets,avoid being murdered, spot Gruff from the super furry animals and take sneaky paparazzi photo with phone(see below), then depart.

3:30pm - croeso i Abertawe, with lighter pockets after being fleeced at the severn toll bridge :(
4:30pm - meet new friend, play for hours, worn out. here he is, ps. he is a dog

washed out

After completing the treacherous journey this morning, braving the floods and looney drivers who were practically ready to abandon their vehicles because its a bit wet round these parts, I arrived at the aptly named ARC for another days hard slog...However, by lunchtime the whole council network had given up and as a result most of the office were out of action, although I thought they managed to put up a really brave face, in fact they may have overdone the faux enthusiasm because it seemed almost as if they weren't bothered at all!

Back in black (well green actually)...

Happy (albeit slightly belated) New Year! I'm back on the blogging wagon, and I've decided to spruce things up round here. Don't worry, I am still a pirate, I just have to keep a low profile after all the skullduggery I've been up to!

test post

here is where the info goes

Thats got to hurt

Colin's capers part 1

back from beyond

I'm home, stay tuned for some silly snaps of America!

Yo! We've taken delivery of our shiny new macbooks and are fit to burst with excitement...just holding out for the webcams now and we'll be all set for our upcoming technology fairs!

looney uni

Claire and I started university today in (not so) sunny Pontypridd. After an interesting introduction to 'communities' we were treated to a 2hr lecture on computer technology pioneered in the late 90's...Then after I woke up we went home. Only kidding, the fact that the course is delivered primarily online is wicked, I just wish they had given us an account to log in with so we could have participated. Tomorrow is enrolment and Thursday we're going on a trip, I just need to get my mum to sign the consent form!


I'm hoping to complete the full 3years of the course if they let me, but I'm not too sure about the hat?!

Banwen have skipped autumn

Mae hi'n oer iawn! Its blinkin' freezing up here in sunny Banwen but lunchtime is approaching so a nice cup of tea should help with the whole internal central heating...

Tuesdays and Tairgwaith

Its gloomy outside as storm clouds draw in but the weather hasn't affected the mood here up the mountain...We met a lovely lady and offered some advice regarding purchasing a new digital camera.After making sense of megapixels and downplaying digital zoom she left happy but probably bamboozled!
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Poor mother nature

We're back on the road in work with a whole lotta travelling across South Wales coming up...I need to plant a few trees to compensate for my ever increasing carbon footprint...

the return of the rain

Today we immersed ourselves in creating some resources to help people to use blogs, before roadtesting the finished articles up in Brynamman with an extremely enthused Peri from 'mess up the mess'. The weather is poor and I have a horrible feeling that we have skipped the autumn and are just going to dive on into winter from now...but I'm not worried as my swanky DCN jacket and hoody arrived today. If anyone needs any promotional merchandise made I can reccomend the firm we used, I'll post up a link once I'm sure of the name. Top service, and a rapid turnaround, only 7 weeks if you use their express delivery service! This does cost a little bit extra but if you can't stretch to the express service and you order today you should still probably receive some of your order within 52 weeks I would imagine...

bleurgh

I have been attacked by an RNA Virus and am feeling poorly and sorry for myself...here is a picture of the wee blighters that are ravaging my immune system as I type.

My life in calendars

Today we wrote down all the things that will keep me busy in work and out of trouble until Christmas...Its weird seeing your life mapped out for you, day by day for what seems like an eternity.

washed up weekends and sleepless sundays

I think I need a couple of days rest after the weekend. I'm feeling my age these days (its kind of squishy...ha!sorry, I digress) but I haven't been partying hard, heck I haven't even partied. I think my great Aunt has run me ragged. only 7 & 1/2hrs til I'm up and off for work again, I think its going to be a monday brought to you by the ingredient caffiene (that one is for all the sesame street viewers out there in cyberspace).